In a video published on YouTube Friday, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) argues to his constituents why he and other Senators did not include input from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in their immigration bill. Rubio informed his viewers that while he did meet with
The day’s top stories in social media and technology for 4/26 include a hacking arrest, new cyberattack, Snapchat sexting investigation, social media flash mob crackdown, Bradley Manning, death threat texts, Redditor lawsuit, copyright reform proposal, and DRM and the next
As I pointed out yesterday, the White House was attempting to use concern about FAA furloughs to push forward a sequester replacement deal. As of this morning that attempt is a failure. Last night a bipartisan group of Senators passed
A new poll released Thursday by advocacy groups in favor of the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” immigration bill appears to have been designed to favor the Schumer-Rubio bill, Breitbart News has learned. The official crosstab polling data, complete with the
U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the justices to take and reverse a lower-court ruling that President Barack Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) are unconstitutional, and
The US Senate passed quick-fix legislation to end the furloughs of air traffic control staff that have triggered thousands of flight delays across the country in the past week. The bill, which passed by unanimous consent following a public outcry
On the Senate floor, Thursday morning, Senator Jeff Sessions expressed amazement that “law enforcement officers in America are being directed not to follow plain law”. On Wednesday, a federal judge ruled that the Sec of Homeland Security “doesn’t have the ability
The Congressional Tea Party Caucus re-launched Thursday evening with its first meeting of the 113th Congress. “This is the one caucus that puts the American people at the table,” Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), the Thursday evening event’s emcee, said in
Late Thursday, Senate Democrats moved legislation to shift federal funds, allowing the FAA to cancel its planned furloughs of air traffic controllers. The proposal, which passed as Senators were leaving town for a week-long recess, would shift $250 million within
On Wednesday, House Republican leaders pulled a bill that, according to the Wall St. Journal, was a “cornerstone of their effort to ‘repeal and replace’” ObamaCare, President Obama’s signature health care legislation. According to the WSJ, the bill was abruptly
In a letter to Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) claimed that passing the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill will improve the national security of the United States. According to Reid, “[t]he bipartisan immigration reform
A coalition of left-wing activists held a rally and march in DC, Thursday afternoon, to “ride a wave of public anger” and “drag the lobbyists out of the shadows.” From their press release: Riding a wave of public anger at the
In the months between the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting and the failed April 17 vote on Senate gun control, Joe Scarborough used his MSNBC program to push gun control and criticize the NRA at every turn in the road. But
Reports indicate Russian authorities warned the U.S. government about Tamerlan Tsarnaev multiple times before he bombed the Boston Marathon on April 15. During a closed briefing on April 23, Senate Intelligence Committee members learned Russia had made “multiple contacts” with U.S.
(AP) RI on track to be 10th state with gay marriageBy DAVID KLEPPERAssociated PressPROVIDENCE, R.I.The number of U.S. states allowing gay marriage is set to enter double digits now that Rhode Island’s state Senate has taken a landmark vote. Legislation
(AP) Officials: Bomb suspect silent after read rightsBy PETE YOST, LARA JAKES and RODRIQUE NGOWIAssociated PressBOSTONSixteen hours after investigators began interrogating him, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings went silent: he’d just been read his constitutional rights. Dzhokhar
“Smart guns“–guns which will only fire when the trigger is pulled by the person who owns them–may be part of the next wave of gun control. President Obama began talking about them just weeks after the Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting,
Congressional leaders of both parties in the House and Senate are trying to exempt themselves–and their staffs–from Obamacare’s health insurance exchanges they will be mandated to join under the law. This would be a devastating indictment of Obamacare and the
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) believes the Tea Party is ideologically similar to anarchists and that government is “inherently good.” Speaking on the Senate floor on Tuesday, Reid said he was frustrated that, “We have a situation where this country has
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney could give the press pool no reason why the Administration failed to provide a witness to a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing over drones on Wednesday. Carney then declared that the “highest levels” of the
Senator Dick Durbin and Senator Ted Cruz opened the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitutional Issues drone hearing on Tuesday expressing their disappointment in the administration for not providing a witness to the hearing. Cruz revealed that the hearing actually changed
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)
Sean Hannity talks with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on his national radio program about the Senate’s “Gang of Eight” and the immigration reform bill they have introduced. Key exchange: Hannity says of border security provisions: “I have zero faith it
The upcoming documentary Gasland Part II stirred up plenty of unwanted attention Sunday as ticket-holding farmers were barred from seeing the film and a reporter was arrested at the scene of the premiere. The film is slated to be shown
